Here is some exciting news! Google Hangouts says Free callings from India…!
Who would not like to call up family and friends in the US and Canada, because Google Hangouts is now Free!!

After it announced the news, in a Google+ post Google said, “starting today, the Hangouts app on your phone will help you stay connected with your family and friends around the world in more ways that ever. Now you can make voice calls to the phone numbers outside of India on Android, iOS, and the Web from Hangouts in Gmail.”

Internationally free calls for the US and Canada, and for the rest of the countries the call cost is very low. “You can make and receive calls as well as your text messages and voice mails for the Google Voice number through Hangouts. To use Google Voice with your Hangouts account, you need to have a U.S. Google Voice account and number.” Google adds.

A note on Google support page says, “ Calls where the first minute are free will say, “First minute free” on the call screen. If you don’t see this message, you will be charged fro the first minute.”

Google announced, The first minute of the call for 24 Countries from India will be free and each minute after will be charged for the users. 24 countries that the first minute will be free are– The United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Russia, South Korea, Peru, Poland, Netherlands, Norway, Japan, Mexico, Italy, Ireland, Indonesia, Germany, France, Dominican Republic, China, Canada, Brazil, Australia and Belgium.